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Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [Videolib] evalu
Gary and Dennis are spot on in their opinions, 98% notwithstanding.
Close enough for /detente/. The quest for the perfect form in balance
with content.
The tension is that razor's edge of aesthetics and convenience. Well, on
second thought, maybe it's a blunt instrument, but at any rate T
Right now, people are completely enchanted with iPhones and such. Any
new communications medium is that way.
Once the thrill wears off, people may notice that watching a movie in
the palm of your hand is nowhere near as engaging as something that
completely fills your field of vision.
Let
Oh, man. You make me sound like such an elitist! I have a lot of interns
from high schools and colleges and we *take* them to the theaters. It makes
such a big difference in their lives. And I'm not blaming media specialists,
I'm blaming the professors who value convenience over quality. There are
98%??? Wow! My wife and daughter agree with me about 5% of the time, so
I must be doing OK.
I think that in future discussions we need to get some things straight,
lest we endlessly hash over...
I am a fervent (if not fervid)fan, supporter, and consumer of beautiful
film images. I agree that,
>
> By the way, in my experience, students don't really give a two-penny damn
> about image quality, in most instances. These are folks (like my
> daughter) who will watch a 90 minute feature film on their iPhones. The
> bigger issue for this crew is ready access at all times.
>
> I usually agree
Hi Amanda
Let me toy with your question a bit.
First of all, let's dispense with the whole issue of image quality.
Unless an institution is going to be storing and pumping huge chunks of
uncompressed video over the the wires (thus almost certainly bringing down
the network), there are limits to
This is a question for libraries that host streaming films, especially
feature length films, from their own servers. How do you assess the
performance and quality of streaming video and evaluate viewing
experience for the students?
Amanda Timolat
Media Librarian
Collection Management
Baru
